JP5698164B2 - Sound field recording / reproducing apparatus, method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique of wave field synthesis that collects a sound signal with a microphone array installed in a certain sound field and reproduces the sound field with a speaker array using the sound signal.

  Non-Patent Document 1, for example, describes a wave field synthesis technique for collecting a signal with a microphone array installed in a certain sound field and reproducing the sound field with the speaker array using the signal. Technologies are known.

  In the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1, a filter is configured on the assumption that the speakers constituting the speaker array are non-directional.

Shoichi Koyama, 3 others, “Spatial-Time Frequency Domain Signal Conversion Method for Sound Field Recording and Reproduction”, Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Japan, September 2011, p. 635-636

  However, in the technology described in Non-Patent Document 1, since the filter is configured on the assumption that the speakers constituting the speaker array are non-directional, the speaker that configures the speaker array is not omni-directional. Cannot apply the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus, method, and program that can be applied even if the directivity of speakers constituting the speaker array is arbitrary.

In order to solve the above problems, in the sound field sound-collecting / reproducing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is an imaginary unit, ω is a frequency, and c is a sound velocity. , K = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, n is the index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, and p, q, s is Signals picked up by a microphone array with a preset order and multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transmission characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array in the order p, q, s as d _{p, q, s} Apply the filter F ~ _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (ω) generated based on the above to generate the filtered signal D ~ _nm (ω) A conversion filter section;

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the filtered signal D to _nm (ω) into a frequency domain signal by inverse Fourier transform of space, and a frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by inverse Fourier transform. ,including.

In the sound field collecting and reproducing device according to one aspect of the present invention, the microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is an imaginary unit, ω is a frequency, c is a sound velocity, k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, n is the index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, p, q, s is a preset order, and the speaker array A multipole coefficient obtained by multipole expansion of the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the above-mentioned order p, q, s is _defined as d _{p, q, s} ,
A frequency converter that converts the signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transform, and a spatial frequency converter that converts the frequency domain signal into a spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (ω) by Fourier transform of space. And a conversion filter unit that generates a filtered signal D to _nm (ω) by applying a filter F to _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _nm (ω): And including.

The sound field sound collecting and reproducing device according to one aspect of the present invention has an arrangement direction of microphone arrays arranged in a straight line as an x-axis direction, j as an imaginary unit, ω as a frequency, c as a sound velocity, and k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, n is the index thereof, p, q is a preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. The multipole coefficient obtained by multipole expansion is d _{p, q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is the second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is the position where the transfer characteristics match, and k _ρ is defined by As

Filtered signal D by applying filter F ~ _n (ω) defined by the following equation to spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _n (ω) generated based on the signal collected by the microphone array ~ _n (ω) to generate a conversion filter unit,

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit that converts the filtered signal D to _n (ω) into a frequency domain signal by inverse Fourier transform of the space, and a frequency inverse transform unit that converts the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by an inverse Fourier transform. ,including.

The sound field sound collecting and reproducing device according to one aspect of the present invention has an arrangement direction of microphone arrays arranged in a straight line as an x-axis direction, j as an imaginary unit, ω as a frequency, c as a sound velocity, and k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, n is the index thereof, p, q is a preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. The multipole coefficient obtained by multipole expansion is d _{p, q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is the second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is the position where the transfer characteristics match, and k _ρ is defined by As

A frequency converter that converts the signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transform, and a spatial frequency converter that converts the frequency domain signal into a spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _n (ω) by Fourier transform of space. And a transform filter unit that generates a filtered signal D to _n (ω) by applying a filter F to _n (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _n (ω): And including.

  By configuring the filter using the transfer characteristics measured in advance, the sound field can be reproduced even if the directivity of the speakers constituting the speaker array is arbitrary.

The functional block diagram which shows the example of the sound field sound collection reproducing | regenerating apparatus of 1st embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the example of arrangement | positioning of the microphone array and speaker array of the sound field sound collection reproducing | regenerating apparatus of 1st embodiment. The flowchart which shows the example of the sound field sound collection reproduction | regeneration method of 1st embodiment and 2nd embodiment. The figure for _{demonstrating} the measuring method of order p, q, s and coefficient d _{p, q, s} . The functional block diagram which shows the example of the sound field sound collection reproducing | regenerating apparatus of 2nd embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the example of arrangement | positioning of the microphone array and speaker array of the sound field sound collection reproducing | regenerating apparatus of 2nd embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 2, the sound field collecting and reproducing apparatus and method according to the first embodiment are two-dimensionally configured by N _x × N _z microphones arranged at a position of y = 0 in the first room. Two-dimensional speaker arrays S1-1 and S2-1 composed of microphone arrays M1-1, M2-1,..., MN _x -N _z and N _x × N _z speakers arranged in the second room. ,..., SN _x -N _z is used to reproduce the sound field of the first room formed by the sound generated by the sound source S in the second room.

N _x and N _z are arbitrary integers. In this embodiment, the microphone array M1-1, M2-1, ..., _MN x the number and the speaker array microphone constituting the -N _z S1-1, S2-1, ..., constituting the _SN x -N _z speaker The number of is the same. The microphones Mi-j constituting the microphone arrays M1-1, M2-1,..., MN _x -N _z are arranged in a grid on the xz plane where y = 0. Speakers constituting the speaker arrays S1-1, S2-1,..., SN _x -N _z are also arranged in a grid on the xz plane. Microphone array M1-1, M2-1, ..., and the size of _MN x -N _z, a speaker array S1-1, S2-1, ..., the magnitude of _SN x -N _z are approximately the same. Microphone array M1-1 of the microphones Mi-j, M2-1, ..., position in _MN x -N _z is the speaker Si-j of the speaker array S1-1 corresponding to the respective microphones Mi-j, S2-1 ,..., SN _x −N _z is preferably the same as the position, but may be different. If this position is the same, the sound field can be reproduced more faithfully.

The positions of the microphones constituting the microphone arrays M1-1, M2-1,..., MN _x -N _z arranged in a plane of y = 0 in the first room are expressed as r _s = (x _i , 0, z _j ).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the sound field sound collecting and reproducing apparatus according to the first embodiment includes a frequency conversion unit 1, a spatial frequency conversion unit 2, a conversion filter unit 3, a spatial frequency reverse conversion unit 4, a frequency reverse conversion unit 5, and a window function. The process of each step illustrated by FIG. 3 is performed including the part 6, for example.

First chamber of the microphone array _{M1-1, M2-1, ..., MN x} -N z generates a picked-up by a time-domain signal a sound emitted by the sound source S of the first chamber. The generated signal is sent to the frequency converter 1. A signal at time t in the time domain picked up by the microphone Mi-j of r _s = (x _i , 0, z _j ) is expressed as p _ij (t).

The frequency converter 1 converts the signal p _ij (t) collected by the microphone arrays M1-1, M2-1,..., MN _x −N _z into a frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) by Fourier transform ( Step S1). The generated frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) is sent to the spatial frequency converter 2. ω is a frequency. For example, the frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) is generated by short-time discrete Fourier transform. Of course, the frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) may be generated by other existing methods. Further, the frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) may be generated using a method such as overlap add. When the input signal is long or when the signal is continuously input as in real time processing, the processing is performed for each frame such as every 10 ms. For example, the frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) is defined as follows. J in the argument of the function exp is an imaginary unit.

Spatial frequency transformation unit 2, a frequency-domain signal P _ij (omega) into a space-time frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (ω) by the Fourier transform of the space (step S2). The spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _nm (ω) is calculated for each ω. The converted spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _nm (ω) is sent to the conversion filter unit 3. Specifically, the spatial frequency conversion unit 2 calculates P _nm (ω) defined by the following equation (1).

k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, n is the index of the wave number k _{x, n} , k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, and m is the index of the wave number k _{z, m} . The wave number is a so-called spatial frequency or angular spectrum. The above formula (1) is an example of conversion to the spatio-temporal frequency domain, and spatial Fourier transform may be performed by other methods.

Conversion filter unit 3, the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (omega) by applying a filter F ~ _nm (omega) filtering after signal D ~ _nm defined by the following equation (2) with respect to (omega) Is generated (step S3). The filtered signal _D˜nm (ω) is transmitted to the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4.

In Equation (2), p, q, s are preset orders, and d _{p, q, s} are multipole expansions of the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array at the orders p, q, s. Multipole coefficient. For example, one or more of p, q, and s are positive values that are not 0, such as setting all of p, q, and s to 1. The reason why the filter _F˜nm (ω) is represented by the expression (2) will be described later.

The spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 transforms the filtered signal _D˜nm (ω) into the frequency domain signal D _ij (ω) by inverse spatial Fourier transform (step S4). The converted frequency domain signal D _ij (ω) is sent to the frequency inverse transform unit 5. Specifically, the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 calculates a frequency domain signal D _ij (ω) defined by the following equation (3).

The frequency inverse transform unit 5 transforms the frequency domain signal D _ij (ω) into a time domain signal P ^d _ij (t) by inverse Fourier transform (step S5). The time domain signal P ^d _ij (t) obtained for each frame by the inverse Fourier transform is appropriately shifted to obtain a linear sum to be a continuous time domain signal. For the inverse Fourier transform, an existing method such as a short-time discrete inverse Fourier transform may be used. The time domain signal P ^d _ij (t) is sent to the window function unit 6.

The window function unit 6 generates a post-window function time domain signal d _ij (t) by multiplying the time domain signal P ^d _ij (t) by the window function (step S6). After the window function time domain signal d _ij (t) is the speaker array S1-1, S2-1, ..., it is sent to the _SN x -N _z.

For example, a so-called tukey window function w _ij defined by the following equation is used as the window function. N _tpr is the number of points to which the taper is applied, and is an integer of 1 or more and N _x or N _z . Of course, other window functions may be used.

The speaker arrays S1-1, S2-1,..., SN _x -N _z reproduce sound based on the time domain signal _dij (t) after the window function. Specifically, as i = 1,..., N _x , j = 1,..., N _z , the speaker Si-j reproduces sound based on the time domain signal _dij (t) after the window function. Thereby, the wavefront of the position of y = 0 in the first room second room loudspeaker array S1-1, S2-1, ..., and reproduced in SN _x -N _z, the sound field of the first room Can be reproduced in the second room.

When the number of microphones constituting the microphone array is larger than the number of speakers constituting the speaker array, the post-window function time domain signal _dij (t) may be thinned out. On the other hand, when the number of microphones constituting the microphone array is smaller than the number of speakers constituting the speaker array, interpolation may be performed by averaging the time domain signal _dij (t) after the window function. Good.

Hereinafter, the reason why the filter _F˜nm (ω) is expressed as the above formula (2) will be described.

The position vector of the reproduction region is r = (x, y, z), and the position vector of the secondary sound source plane is r ₀ = (x ₀ , 0, z ₀ ). If the sound pressure distribution of the frequency ω in the reproduction region is P (r, ω) and the driving signal of the secondary sound source is D (r ₀ , ω), the following relational expression can be written.

Here, G _sp (rr ₀ , ω) is a transfer function between r and r ₀ . When Expression (4) is Fourier-transformed in space in the x-axis direction and z-axis direction, the result is as follows.

Here, k _x and k _z represent the spatial frequency in the x-axis direction and the spatial frequency in the z-axis direction, respectively. The spatial frequency region is indicated by “ ^˜ ”. Here, the Fourier transform of the space is defined as follows.

G ^~ _sp (r, ω) is the transfer characteristic with an arbitrary directivity particular, be expressed as follows using the multipole expansion.

Here, r was set as follows.

  Also,

And

It is.
Next, the first kind Rayleigh integration is introduced as an ideal sound field.

Here, G (rr ₀ , ω) is a three-dimensional free space Green function.

  Here, k = ω / c is the wave number, and c is the speed of sound. When this formula is subjected to Fourier transform of space, the following formula is obtained.

  Also,

It is.
The driving signal of the secondary sound source is obtained as follows by the equations (5) and (7).

At this time, since the order p, q, s of the multipole expansion and the coefficient d _{p, q, s} are unknown, it is necessary to obtain them by actually measuring the speaker characteristics.

  In the measurement of speaker characteristics, the impulse response may be measured on a spherical surface equidistant from the speaker as shown in FIG. In order to obtain the coefficient of multipole expansion using the obtained impulse response, the fitting by the least square method may be performed on Equation (6) at each frequency. The orders p, q, and s are terminated at an appropriate order. Further, the spherical harmonic spectrum may be obtained and converted to the order of multipole expansion. At this time, since only one characteristic is required for the filter expression, some speaker characteristics may be measured and averaged thereof may be taken.

  Thus, by configuring the filter using the transfer characteristics measured in advance, the sound field can be reproduced even if the directivity of the speakers constituting the speaker array is arbitrary.

[Second Embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 6, the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus and method according to the second embodiment includes N _x microphones arranged linearly at positions y = 0 and z = 0 in the first room. , MN _x and one-dimensional speaker arrays S 1, S 2,..., SN _x composed of N _x speakers arranged linearly in the second room. The sound field of the first room formed by the sound generated by the sound source S is reproduced in the second room. Compared with the first embodiment, the number of microphones, the number of speakers, and the number of channels can be reduced, so that mounting is relatively easy.

N _x is an arbitrary integer. In this embodiment, the microphone array M1, M2, ..., the number and the speaker array S1 of microphone constituting the MN _x, S2, ..., the number of speakers constituting the SN _x is the same. Microphones Mi constituting the microphone arrays M1, M2,..., MN _x are arranged at equal intervals. Further, the speakers constituting the speaker arrays S1, S2,..., SN _x are also arranged at equal intervals. Microphone array M1, M2, ..., and the size of MN _x, speaker array S1, S2, ..., the magnitude of SN _x is about the same. Microphone array M1, M2 of the microphones Mi, ..., position in MN _x is speaker Si speaker array S1, S2 corresponding to the respective microphones Mi, ..., but it is desirable that the same as the position in the SN _x, different May be. If this position is the same, the sound field can be reproduced more faithfully.

Representing the position of each microphone constituting the microphone arrays M1, M2,..., MN _x arranged at positions y = 0, z = 0 in the first room as r _s = (x _i , 0,0). To.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus of the second embodiment includes a frequency conversion unit 1, a spatial frequency conversion unit 2, a conversion filter unit 3, a spatial frequency reverse conversion unit 4, a frequency reverse conversion unit 5, and a window function. The process of each step illustrated by FIG. 3 is performed including the part 6, for example.

The microphone arrays M1, M2,..., MN _x arranged at positions y = 0, z = 0 in the first room pick up the sound emitted from the sound source S in the first room and Generate a signal. The generated signal is sent to the frequency converter 1. A signal at time t in the time domain picked up by the microphone Mi of r _s = (x _i , 0,0) is expressed as p _i (t).

The frequency converter 1 converts the signal p _i (t) collected by the microphone arrays M1, M2,..., MN _x into a frequency domain signal P _i (ω) by Fourier transform (step S1). The generated frequency domain signal P _i (ω) is sent to the spatial frequency converter 2. ω is a frequency. For example, the frequency domain signal P _i (ω) is generated by short-time discrete Fourier transform. Of course, the frequency domain signal P _i (ω) may be generated by other existing methods. Further, the frequency domain signal P _ij (ω) may be generated using a method such as overlap add. When the input signal is long or when the signal is continuously input as in real time processing, the processing is performed for each frame such as every 10 ms. For example, the frequency domain signal P _i (ω) is defined as follows. J in the argument of the function exp is an imaginary unit.

Spatial frequency converter 2, by Fourier transform of the spatial converting the frequency domain signal P _i and (omega) the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _n (ω) (Step S2). The spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _n (ω) is calculated for each ω. The converted spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _n (ω) is sent to the conversion filter unit 3. Specifically, the spatial frequency conversion unit 2 calculates P _n (ω) defined by the following equation (7).

k _{x, n} is a wave number in the x-axis direction, and n is an index of the wave number k _{x, n} . The wave number is a so-called spatial frequency or angular spectrum. The above equation (7) is an example of conversion to the spatio-temporal frequency domain, and spatial Fourier transform may be performed by other methods.

Conversion filter unit 3 applies a filter F ~ _n (ω) which is defined by the following equation to generate a filtered signal after D ~ _n (ω) with respect to spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _n (ω) (Step S3). The filtered signal _D˜n (ω) is transmitted to the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4. The reason why the filter _F˜nm (ω) is represented by the equation (8) will be described later.

In Equation (8), p and q are preset orders, and d _{p and q} are multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transfer characteristics of the speakers constituting the speaker array with the orders p and q. For example, one or more of p and q are positive values other than 0, such as setting all of p and q to 1. y _ref is a position where transfer characteristics are matched. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, y _ref represents the distance between the speaker arrays S1, S2,..., SN _x and the linear position that matches the amplitude of the reproduced signal. H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second-class Hankel function with n = 0, and k _ρ is defined by the following equation.

The spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 transforms the filtered signal _D˜n (ω) into the frequency domain signal D _i (ω) by inverse Fourier transform of the space (step S4). The converted frequency domain signal D _i (ω) is sent to the frequency inverse transform unit 5. Specifically, the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 calculates a frequency domain signal D _i (ω) defined by the following equation (9).

The frequency inverse transform unit 5 transforms the frequency domain signal D _i (ω) into the time domain signal P ^d _i (t) by inverse Fourier transform (step S5). The time domain signal P ^d _i (t) obtained for each frame by the inverse Fourier transform is appropriately shifted to obtain a linear sum to be a continuous time domain signal. For the inverse Fourier transform, an existing method such as a short-time discrete inverse Fourier transform may be used. The time domain signal P ^d _i (t) is sent to the window function unit 6.

The window function unit 6 multiplies the time domain signal P ^d _i (t) by the window function to generate a post-window function time domain signal d _i (t) (step S6). Window function after a time-domain signal d _i (t) is the speaker array S1, S2, ..., it is sent to the SN _x.

For example, a so-called Tukey window function w _i defined by the following equation is used as the window function. N _tpr is the number of points to which the taper is applied, and is an integer from 1 to N _x . Of course, other window functions may be used.

The speaker arrays S1, S2,..., SN _x reproduce sound based on the time domain signal d _i (t) after the window function. Specifically, with i = 1,..., N _x , the speaker Si reproduces sound based on the time domain signal d _i (t) after the window function.

As a result, the wavefront at the position y = 0 in the first room is reproduced by the speaker arrays S1, S2,..., SN _x in the second room, and the sound field of the first room is reproduced in the second room. can do.

At this time, the amplitude of the reproduced signal matches at a position on a straight line represented by y _ref . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the speaker array S1, S2, ..., are the same height as the SN _x, speaker array S1, S2, ..., in a position at a distance y _ref from SN _x, speaker array S1, S2, ..., amplitude coincides with the position on the straight line and a straight line parallel to the SN _x is located.

The number of microphones constituting the microphone array is, if more than the number of speakers constituting the speaker array may thinned window function after a time-domain signal d _i (t). On the other hand, when the number of microphones constituting the microphone array is smaller than the number of speakers constituting the speaker array, interpolation may be performed by taking an average of the time domain signals d _i (t) after the window function. Good.

Hereinafter, the reason why the filter F _n (ω) is expressed as the above equation (8) will be described.

Consider using a linear array to reproduce only the xy plane. The position vector of the reproduction area is r = (x, y, 0), and the position vector of the secondary sound source plane is r ₀ = (x ₀ , ₀ , 0). If the sound pressure distribution of the frequency ω in the reproduction region is P (r, ω) and the driving signal of the secondary sound source is D (r ₀ , ω), the following relational expression can be written.

Here, G _sp (rr ₀ , ω) is a transfer function between r and r ₀ . If the Fourier transform of the space in the x-axis direction is performed using Expression (10), the result is as follows.

Here, k _x represents a spatial frequency in the x-axis direction. The spatial frequency region is indicated by “ ^˜ ”. Here, the Fourier transform of the space is defined as follows.

G ^to _sp (r, ω) can be expressed as follows using multipole expansion, as in the case of the planar array.

H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second kind Hankel function with n = 0. The second kind Hankel function H _n ⁽²⁾ is defined as follows using the first kind Bessel function J _n (x) and the second kind Bessel function Y _n (x).

  Next, a two-dimensional first kind Rayleigh integration is introduced.

  here,

It is. k = ω / c is the wave number, and c is the speed of sound.

  When Expression (13) is Fourier-transformed in space, the following expression is obtained.

  here,

It is.
Also,

It is.
Therefore, the driving signal of the secondary sound source is obtained as follows.

At this time, since the order p, q and the coefficient d _{p, q} of the multipole expansion are unknown, it is necessary to obtain them by actually measuring the speaker characteristics as in the case of the planar array.

  In the measurement of the speaker characteristics, as in the case of the planar array, the impulse response may be measured on a spherical surface equidistant from the speaker as shown in FIG. In order to obtain the coefficient of multipole expansion using the obtained impulse response, the fitting by the least square method may be performed on the equation (12) at each frequency. The orders p and q are truncated at an appropriate order. Further, the spherical harmonic spectrum may be obtained and converted to the order of multipole expansion. At this time, since only one characteristic is required for the filter expression, some speaker characteristics may be measured and averaged thereof may be taken.

  Thus, by configuring the filter using the transfer characteristics measured in advance, the sound field can be reproduced even if the directivity of the speakers constituting the speaker array is arbitrary.

[Modifications, etc.]
In a first embodiment, the microphone array _{M1-1, M2-1, ..., MN x} -N z and the speaker array _{S1-1, S2-1, ..., SN x} -N z is a position not aligned in a straight line If so, it need not be on a flat surface.

  The number of microphones constituting the microphone array and the number of speakers constituting the speaker array may be different. When the number of microphones constituting the microphone array is larger than the number of speakers constituting the speaker array, the output signals of the speakers may be thinned out. On the other hand, when the number of speakers constituting the speaker array is larger than the number of microphones constituting the microphone array, complementation such as averaging between the output signals of the speakers may be performed.

  Each unit constituting the sound field sound collecting / reproducing device may be provided in either the sound collecting device arranged in the first room or the reproducing device arranged in the second room. In other words, the processes of the frequency conversion unit 1, the spatial frequency conversion unit 2, the conversion filter unit 3, the spatial frequency reverse conversion unit 4, the frequency reverse conversion unit 5, and the window function unit 6 are arranged in the first room. It may be executed by a sound collecting device or may be executed by a playback device arranged in the second room. The signal generated by the sound collection device is transmitted to the reproduction device.

  The positions of the first room and the second room are not limited to those shown in FIGS. The first room and the second room may be adjacent to each other or separated from each other. Also, the orientation of the first room and the second room may be any.

  The window function processing by the window function unit 6 may be performed at any stage or in multiple stages. That is, the window function unit 6 is provided between the microphone array and the frequency conversion unit 1, between the frequency conversion unit 1 and the spatial frequency conversion unit 2, between the spatial frequency conversion unit 2 and the conversion filter unit 3, and between the conversion filter unit. 3 and the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4, and at least one between the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 and the frequency inverse transform unit 5. When the window function processing is performed on the signal input to each section, each section of the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus performs the window function processing in the same manner as described above instead of the input signal. The processed signal is processed.

Further, the window function unit 6 may not be provided. In this case, in the first embodiment _{i = 1, ..., N x} , j = 1, ..., to play the sound based on the speaker Si-j is the time domain signal P ^d _ij (t) as a _{N z,} the In the second embodiment, i = 1,..., N _x and the speaker Si reproduces the sound based on the time domain signal P ^d _i (t).

  As long as the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus includes the conversion filter unit 3, the sound field collecting / reproducing device may not include other units. For example, the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus may include a transform filter unit 3, a spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4, and a frequency inverse transform unit 5. Further, the sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus may include a frequency conversion unit 1, a spatial frequency conversion unit 2, and a conversion filter unit 3.

  You may perform the process of the frequency converter 1 and the process of the spatial frequency converter 2 simultaneously. Similarly, the process of the spatial frequency inverse transform unit 4 and the process of the frequency inverse transform unit 5 may be performed simultaneously. Further, the spatial frequency conversion unit 2 and the spatial frequency inverse conversion unit 4 may be interchanged.

  The sound field sound collecting / reproducing apparatus can be realized by a computer. In this case, the processing content of each part of this apparatus is described by a program. Then, by executing this program on a computer, each unit in this apparatus is realized on the computer.

  The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. In this embodiment, these apparatuses are configured by executing a predetermined program on a computer. However, at least a part of these processing contents may be realized by hardware.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frequency conversion part 2 Spatial frequency conversion part 3 Conversion filter part 4 Spatial frequency reverse conversion part 5 Frequency reverse conversion part 6 Window function part

Claims (11)

The microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, and n is the The index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, p, q, s is the preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. , s is the multipole coefficient _{dp, q, s}
Filtered signal by applying filter F ~ _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (ω) generated based on the signal collected by the microphone array A conversion filter unit for generating D to _nm (ω);

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the filtered signal D to _nm (ω) into a frequency domain signal by inverse Fourier transform of space;
A frequency inverse transform unit for transforming the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by inverse Fourier transform;
Sound field collection and playback device including The microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, and n is the The index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, p, q, s is the preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. , s is the multipole coefficient _{dp, q, s}
A frequency converter that converts the signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transform;
A spatial frequency converter that converts the frequency domain signal into a spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _nm (ω) by Fourier transform of space;
A conversion filter unit that generates a filtered signal D to _nm (ω) by applying a filter F to _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _nm (ω):

Sound field collection and playback device including The array direction of the microphone arrays arranged in a straight line is the x-axis direction, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, and k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction. N is an index thereof, p and q are orders set in advance, and multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transmission characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array at the orders p and q are d _{p and q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is a position where transfer characteristics are matched, and k _ρ is defined by the following equation:

Signals after filtering by applying filters F to _n (ω) defined by the following equations to spatio-temporal frequency domain signals P to _n (ω) generated based on the signals collected by the microphone array A conversion filter unit for generating D to _n (ω);

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the filtered signal D to _n (ω) into a frequency domain signal by spatial inverse Fourier transform,
A frequency inverse transform unit for transforming the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by inverse Fourier transform;
Sound field collection and playback device including The array direction of the microphone arrays arranged in a straight line is the x-axis direction, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, and k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction. N is an index thereof, p and q are orders set in advance, and multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transmission characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array at the orders p and q are d _{p and q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is a position where transfer characteristics are matched, and k _ρ is defined by the following equation:

A frequency converter that converts the signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transform;
A spatial frequency converter that converts the frequency domain signal into a spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _n (ω) by Fourier transform of space;
A transform filter unit that generates a filtered signal D to _n (ω) by applying a filter F to _n (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _n (ω):

Sound field collection and playback device including In the sound field sound collecting and reproducing device according to claim 1 or 3,
At least one of the spatio-temporal frequency domain signals P to _nm (ω), P to _n (ω), the frequency domain signal, and the time domain signal converted by the frequency inverse transform unit is a window by a predetermined window function. A signal that has undergone function processing.
Sound field recording and playback device. In the sound field sound collecting and reproducing device according to claim 2 or 4,
At least one of the signals collected by the microphone array, the frequency domain signal, and the spatio-temporal frequency domain signals P to _nm (ω) and P to _n (ω) is processed by a window function using a predetermined window function. Is the signal made,
Sound field recording and playback device. The microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, and n is the The index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, p, q, s is the preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. , s is the multipole coefficient _{dp, q, s}
The conversion filter unit applies a filter F to _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _nm (ω) generated based on the signals collected by the microphone array. A conversion filter step for generating a filtered signal D ~ _nm (ω),

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit transforms the filtered signal D to _nm (ω) into a frequency domain signal by inverse Fourier transform of the space, and a spatial frequency inverse transform step,
A frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by inverse Fourier transform;
Sound field collection and playback method including The microphone array is arranged on the xz plane, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction, and n is the The index, k _{z, m} is the wave number in the z-axis direction, m is the index, p, q, s is the preset order, and the transfer characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array are the orders p, q. , s is the multipole coefficient _{dp, q, s}
A frequency conversion step in which a frequency conversion unit converts a signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transformation;
A spatial frequency conversion unit that converts the frequency domain signal into a spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P to _nm (ω) by Fourier transform of the space; and
Conversion filter portion, by applying a filter F ~ _nm (ω) defined by the following equation to generate a filtered signal after D ~ _nm (ω) with respect to the space-time frequency domain signal P ~ _nm (ω) A transform filter step;

Sound field collection and playback method including The array direction of the microphone arrays arranged in a straight line is the x-axis direction, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, and k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction. N is an index thereof, p and q are orders set in advance, and multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transmission characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array at the orders p and q are d _{p and q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is a position where transfer characteristics are matched, and k _ρ is defined by the following equation:

The transform filter unit applies a filter F _n (ω) defined by the following equation to the spatio-temporal frequency domain signal P _n (ω) generated based on the signals collected by the microphone array. A conversion filter step for generating a filtered signal D ~ _n (ω),

A spatial frequency inverse transform unit transforms the filtered signal D to _n (ω) into a frequency domain signal by inverse Fourier transform of space,
A frequency inverse transform unit that transforms the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal by inverse Fourier transform;
Sound field collection and playback method including The array direction of the microphone arrays arranged in a straight line is the x-axis direction, j is the imaginary unit, ω is the frequency, c is the speed of sound, k = ω / c, and k _{x, n} is the wave number in the x-axis direction. N is an index thereof, p and q are orders set in advance, and multipole coefficients obtained by multipole expansion of the transmission characteristics of each speaker constituting the speaker array at the orders p and q are d _{p and q} , H ₀ ⁽²⁾ is a second-class Hankel function with n = 0, y _ref is a position where transfer characteristics are matched, and k _ρ is defined by the following equation:

A frequency conversion step in which a frequency conversion unit converts a signal collected by the microphone array into a frequency domain signal by Fourier transformation;
A spatial frequency transforming step, wherein the spatial frequency transforming unit transforms the frequency domain signal into a spatiotemporal frequency domain signal P to _n (ω) by Fourier transform of the space;
Conversion filter portion, by applying a filter F ~ _n (ω) which is defined by the following equation to generate a filtered signal after D ~ _n (ω) with respect to the space-time frequency domain signal P ~ _n (ω) A transform filter step;

Sound field collection and playback method including   A sound field sound collection / reproduction program for causing a computer to function as each part of the sound field sound collection / reproduction device according to claim 1.

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